Green From the Start: Home Edition Volume 2

For those few of you who have been waiting breathlessly for updates on my new house, I finally have something to report. The preliminary plans were completed this fall and…

Water, Water Everywhere

Rainwater collection industry makes a stand

What Happened to September?

My Lost Month and a Little About IEQ

Building Care Reform

What Can We Learn from the Current Health Debate?

We Need Green People to Make Green Buildings Work

A recent New York Times article about the US Department of Energy (DOE) underscores a major problem we have in reducing energy usage. An audit of DOE buildings determined that…

How Many Green Building Principles Are There?

Lately I have been struggling with identifying the core concepts of green building and remodeling. For years I was comfortable with a list of four items: energy efficiency, durability, indoor…

Green Fatigue

I feel like I have been pushing the limp rope of green building and remodeling for almost 10 years now, and very recently, someone finally yanked on the other end.…

Halfway There

Climate Bill Makes It Out of the House: Now, on to the Senate

Desire, Satisfaction, Food, and Homes

Dr. David Kessler, former head of the FDA, has written a book, The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite, in which he identifies some of the…

Equal-Opportunity Feather Ruffling